Famous People with Name Merrill

Merrill Beth Nisker            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Merrill Beth Nisker: an electronica musician whose songs are notable for their riotous use of sexual imagery. She is currently living in Berlin.Before she became Peaches, Nisker was an elementary school music and drama teacher. She plays almost all the instruments for her son

Merrill Rowland Wolfe            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Merrill Rowland Wolfe: was an American gymnast and Olympic champion.

Merrill Moses            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Merrill Moses: is an American water polo player. He is a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, defeated by Hungary.

Merrill K. Riddick            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Merrill K. Riddick: was born on March 7, 1895 in Madison, Wisconsin and died on March 9, 1988, in Annapolis. He moved to eastern Montana at the age of 11. His father, Carl W. Riddick, served two terms as a U.S. Congressman for the Eastern District of Montana in 1919 and 1921

Merrill Moores            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Merrill Moores: was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.He served as chairman of the Marion County Republican committee 1892-1896. He served as assistant attorney general of Indiana 1894-1903. He served as president of the Indiana State Bar Association and of the Indianap

Buddy Merrill            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Buddy Merrill: is an American guitar player and musician who was best known as a regular on The Lawrence Welk Show. His style of guitar playing is known as multi-tracking.

Paul Willard Merrill            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Paul Willard Merrill: was an American astronomer whose specialty was spectroscopy. He received his Ph.D at the University of California in 1913. He spent the bulk of his career at Mount Wilson Observatory, from which he retired in 1952. He studied unusual stars, particularly long-period variable stars, using spectroscopy. He also studied the interstellar medium. Shortly before he retired, he succeeded in detecting technetium in the variable star R Andromedae and other red variables. Since technetium has no stable isotopes, it must have been produced recently in any star in which it is found, and this is direct evidence of the s-process of nucleosynthesis.

Helen Merrill            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Helen Merrill: an internationally known jazz vocalist.Merrill's recording career has spanned six decades and she is popular with fans of jazz in Japan and Italy (where she lived for many years) as well as in her native United States. She has recorded and performed with

Russel ("Russ") Hyde Merrill            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Russel ("Russ") Hyde Merrill: was an Alaskan aviation pioneer. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, he became a U.S. Navy pilot during World War I, becoming Naval Aviator No. 469. After the war, he received a chemistry degree from Cornell University and pursued a career as a civil engineer.

Brodie Merrill            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Brodie Merrill: is a Canadian lacrosse player. He currently plays in the National Lacrosse League for the Edmonton Rush and Major League Lacrosse for the Toronto Nationals. Merrill was also the first player taken overall in the 2005 National Lacrosse League Draft by the